Roofing structure



Jan. 8, 1924. 1,480,283

A. MEYER ROOFING STRUCTURE Filed Jan. 12, 1922 laa INVENTOR.

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UNITED STATES 1 1,480,283 PATENT" OFFICE.

AUGUST MEYER, 0F HICKSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGN'OR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM A. KIELMANN, OF HICKSVILLE, NEW YORK.

ROOFING STRUCTURE.

Application filed January 12, 1922. Serial No. 528,664.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST MEYER, a citizen of the Republic of Germany, and resident of Hicksville, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roofing Structures, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a roof covering which will be very durable and will withstand the erosive action of the elements for generations.

Another object is to provide a roofing which can be applied to a building without the use of any metal or other similar fastening devices but which is merely laid upon lathing or other wooden strips without requiring any special mechanical skill.

.Another object is to produce a roofing structure which will be leak proof, and a further object is to produce a roofing structure the constituent elements of which can be made of ordinary brick clay or other argillaceous material and thus can not only be manufactured at a very low cost, but will also be fireproof and will not curl up at the ed es.

For the accomplishment of these and such further objects as will hereinafter be apparent to those skilled in the art to which this appertains, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications may be resorted to which fall within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a section of a roof covered with a roofing covering constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a section taken along the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4: is a perspective similar to Fig. 1 of a modified form.

Fig. 5 is a perspective of one of the elements used in carrying out my invention and Fig. 6 is a perspective of a cooperating element.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals 10 indicate any suitable strips such as laths or purlins which are nailed at suitable intervals and extend transversely across the rafters of the building to be roofed. A

series of cooperating tile elements 11 and 12 which preferably are constructed ofordinary brick clay or any other argillaceous substance are provided with downwardly projecting lugs 13 and 14 respectively, which lugs are adapted to engage over the purlin 10 to prevent the tiles from sliding downwardly off the roof. In the modification shown in Fig. 1 two different sizes of cooperatingtiles are used, the wider one 11, being cut away adjacent its sides to provide the tapering surfaces 15 and a central projecting rib 16, while the narrower tile 12 is slmilarly cut away to provide the tapering surfaces 17 and a narrow central projecting rib 18. In laying the tiles the narrower tile 12 is first placed upon the roof with the lug 14 engaging over the lowermost purlin 10, and the wider tile 11 is placed alongside the tile 11 with the tapered surfaces 15 above and in engagement with the tapered surfaces 17. 7

It will be noted that the dimensions of the tapered surfaces 15 and 17 are equal so that the edges or sides of the adjacent tiles will be in contact with the central ribs 16 and 18 and that the thickness of the-tiles at the tapered portions are the same so that the upper or outer exposed surfaces of the tiles in each respective row will all lie in a common plane. After the tiles in the lower row have been placed upon the roof the next row of tiles is laid in a similar manner, the purlins 10 being spaced apart so that the upper row will overlap a portion of the tiles in the next lower row, the spacing of the purlins preferably being such that the upper tile overlies substantially half of the lower tile. I have found from experience that it is not necessary to employ any fastenin means such as nails, screws or the like to hold the tiles in place as the weight of the tiles and particularly the effect of the pressure of each succeeding upper row of tiles upon the lower tile effectually prevents the tiles from becoming loosened or raised by the wind. Furthermore, by constructing the tiles of argillaceous material they do not become warped or curl up on the edges and are entirely fireproof.

If desired instead of constructing the tiles of two diflerent Widths as shown in Figs. 1

t0 3, 5 and 6, theyall 'inay "be inade vmh'the';

same transverse cross sectionaldiinensions as the Wider tiles 11 and with the lugs 13 projecting from 'idifierent asides 10f the tiles so that the ribs 16 may be placed alternately upward or downward as shown in Fig. It will further be noted that when 'the tiles are placed in position upon the roof, the tapered surfaces 15" and 17 extend 'ii'p- Wa1'dly aWay from the junctionbetween the a dj acent tiles s'c that any Water which inight seep thrqngh the spacebetlween the abutting sidesbf 'thefltilelwenldbe prevented from le king througlrthercof.

Hai/ing'thiisfdescrib d my nvention What I claim as newaafnd desireto seciireby Letters Patent of the United States is:

A ro'ofing structure comprised of a plurality of cooperatingpairs' of elements, each.

015 said'elernents kbeing pr videditi/ith a cen tral projecting rib extending longitudinally theffnll ilength of thefele-ineiifi a reduced portion extending'alongs'ide of and projecting laterally from said rib, and a downwardlyprojecting' lug adapted to ibe engaged overa purlin' tol'heldfsaid elements in posi- I ti0n, said reduced portions having one of the 'i aces t'herecf inclined, and said central rib and inclined faces cf the respective members cfea'ch' pair of eleliients facing in opposite directions and being so prcpcrtioned that v said-,eleinentsinay be arranged in ,'subst.an tially" horizontally extendingseries .Withthe longitudinally extending edges Lof said, ribs 5.;

andIrediiced portions in contacting engagement, whereby the cuter surfaces offsaifd elements Will? be in a,c0nim0n}plane.,

Signed at New" York, in: theicoi ntyzof: 

